Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-04-28
De Writes Out a Full History of
the Tragedy and Will Produce
the Same in Court.
"hile in California Graves Was An.
pointed Constable and When Ar.
rested Had Warrant in Ills
Pocket for the Arrest of
Wife Murderer.
PORTLAND, April u,

lily MarsnalW hltney and Officer Allen ar
rived in Boston from California last evening
with Calvin p Graves, the murderer of the
game wardens. They drove to station 4 on
Lagrange street, where Marshal Whitney
asked that the prisoner be locked up for the
night and presented the proper papers. The
request was complied with and Graves was
put in cell. Marshal Whitney and Officer
Allen looked weary from travel, while Graves
looked fresh. He had been shaved once
since leaving San Francisco, wore a neat
checked suit, white shirt and collar and
might we'll have been taken for some young
yoeman in holiday attire. The only re-
straint on him was pair of shackles on his
ankles, connected by chain about a foot
long. so he could only take short step. His
hands were free and he was smoking a cigar.
About o'clock Wednesday morning re-
porter visited Graves in his cell, walked him
from his sleep and had an inverview with
him. Graves was reticent, having been ad-
vised by his counsel in San Francisco to give
no information either to officers or news
paper men.
"What do you want?" was Graves crusty
exclamation when awoke.
81 want to talk with you"
"What do you want?" he again exclaimed.
II want to talk with you about your family
and Hancock and Ellsworth"
Growing like bear he shook himself out
of his bunk and said, Il should be glad to
hear from Hancock"
He was told that it would be the last op-
portunity he would have to talk with q news
paper man before getting into closer quarters.
Graves continued reticent. He said: will
tell you this. l killed those men in self.de-
fence. Had they been such officers as brought
me here, it would never have happened"
He was then asked if it was true that he
went through Bangor disguised in woman's
clothing.
He laughed and said: 81 know better than
that. JEFF Davis was d-n fool when he
put on a woman's dress and tried to get
away"
While admitting that he passed through
Bangor he would not tell how or when.
Graves stated that after arriving in Cali
fornia he purchased blank book in which
he wrote a complete account of the affair,
which he proposes to produce at the trial.
81 was well supplied with money!" he
said. ''and made my trip to the Pacific fuss
class, Maybe got my money at home and
maybe found it in the woods"
"Did you have any money when you ar
rived on the the Pacific Coast?"
Eyes, plenty"
Graves said that he went to Arnheim, Cal,
and secured employment in hotel, on pur-
pose to throw people of the track. Later
on. in order to make things solid, he went to
Oakland, he saws, and boarded in hotel
kent by Mr.. Myers. Here Graves broke
into laugh and, said: 81 have to
laugh when think of the Pacific officers.
One dav, Detective Holland came into the
hotal, holding my picture in his hand and
walking up to the landlord said, DO you
know that picture?
.Myers looked at it and said, NO and
passed it to me. 1t was postal card having
NV picture in the corner and lot of printed
matter, offering $1,000 reward for me.
81 looked at it and told the landlord that
bet that fellow was a son OF gun!
"After looked at that picture and then
went and looked in the glass, thought de-
tective might be d-n smart feller and
not know me. | did not look at all like it y
..Did YOU start into the woods with Nc
Farland for deer?" was asked.
..No. had hired out as cook for Ma
comber, a lumberman, but Mcfarland came
mn and urged me to go with him for a few
days sport.
81 told him would go with him for three
or four days and he told me that was as long
as he wanted to be gone. Mcfarland SAID ne
had hired a team of Hale and borrowed dog
of Haines. We drove about fifty miles from
home and, between you and me, we were
looking for deer.
"Jt was close time and all that sort OF
thing. but III be id if man can 60
,hronoh the woods of Maine and see deer
without shooting. We did not see any, but
killed some partridges. We went over
niece of ground where and my partner had
in times past, shot 35 deer. We expected to
get deer here. s.no.
"These two game wardens did not 1oiio~
II. into the woods, but went into the wooos
ahead of us, unbeknown 10 u.s. 70 onss
pro,hers' camp, where it was reported that
dosr meat was sold. We drove up to the
Tiatcher Brook rancho and baited the horse,
and while there, the two wardens, returning
f,om Sbaw's camp, made their appearance.
..wben the two wardens saw US, they MADE
.he;r minds TO make something out of US.
T,,ov we're id rascals and thought we
were the same.
.McFarland had put his gun into the wag.
=, and was leading out the horse. He and
b.rnessed him in The game warden and
had some chin about the dog. and at one time
:, "L looked as if there was going to be row.
"Tbines got quiet and Mcfarland fired the
into the wagon and got in himself hao
acE across s my arm double barreled shotgun
.a drew the cartridges and tried to pu
smu sher, in nv hip pocket, but had two pair'
of n,;ttens n there and could not get them In sc
7 kept them in my hand.